[packrat35]

Six British and three French destroyers were sunk, along with nine other major vessels. In addition, 19 destroyers were damaged. Over 200 British and Allied sea craft were sunk, with a similar number damaged. The Royal Navy’s most significant losses in the operation were six destroyers:
Grafton, sunk by U-62 on 29 May
Grenade, sunk by air attack at Dunkirk on 29 May
Wakeful, sunk by a torpedo from the E-boat S-30 on 29 May
Basilisk, Havant, and Keith, sunk by air attack off the beaches on 1 June

The French Navy lost three destroyers:
Bourrasque, mined off Nieuport on 30 May
Sirocco, sunk by the E-boats S-23 and S-26 on 31 May
Le Foudroyant, sunk by air attack off the beaches on 1 June

The RAF lost 145 aircraft, of which at least 42 were Spitfires, while the Luftwaffe lost 156 aircraft in operations in the nine days of Operation Dynamo. The Royal Navy claimed the destruction of 35 Luftwaffe aircraft during the period from 27 May to 1 June and damage to another 21 aircraft. Aircraft losses from 10 May until the fall of France were 959 for the British and 1,279 for the Germans.

[Peter Libra]

A belated thank you for your cogent and easy to read logistics about the Dunkirk operation. I remember my Dad returning safely from Dunkirk in 1940. He did not elaborate on what he went through. He was in an old line infantry regiment- The Dorsetshire Regiment, a Platoon Sgt Major. He got a decoration for bravery at the Dendre Canal in Belgium. This for an action delaying the advance of the Germans. His platoon was backed up by the French light tanks and the Cameronians (Scotties).Then the enemy almost outflanked them and they had to retreat.

I saw the film and simply I am satisfied, as it is a wonderful tribute. That after all these years, so much time and effort to remember this action.

Please excuse the ramble.